20 17 10 10 On 6 October, US Vice President Mike Burns announced in a speech at NASA that NASA would once again launch the highly anticipated manned moon landing program.
This is the first time since Apollo 1972 landed on the moon-in the past 45 years, the vice president of the United States officially announced the plan to return to the moon, which is also the first time that the United States officially announced the space plan to return to the moon.
Prior to this, the Obama administration had announced manned landing on Mars, and the Reagan administration had also announced plans to return to the moon, but for various reasons, they all ended in anticlimactic.
Is it reliable to return to the moon this time? Although the vice president has no specific timetable, he is obviously confident.
Let's look at the launch system first:
The Orion spacecraft developed by NASA in recent years.
The new generation BFR spacecraft system developed by Space Exploration Technology Company can not only meet the requirements of landing on the moon, but also develop a base station for the moon.
The deep space launch spacecraft system Orion developed by NASA in recent years and the new generation BFR spacecraft system developed by space exploration technology company, a private space exploration company, can meet the requirements of landing on the moon.
This is the most basic technical requirement and the most confident hardware condition.
Let's take a look at the key next step:
NASA and the Russian Space Agency have now reached an agreement to establish a lunar orbit or a lunar space station on the surface of the moon.
This will be a key step for returning to the moon and developing the moon in depth.
If you take this step, it means that one foot has set foot on the moon.
In addition, taking the lead in establishing a permanent moon base has always been Trump's sworn political slogan. He promised to increase the annual budget of NASA year by year, coupled with the new international pattern of space development competition.
These are all powerful environments for returning to the moon. Now, it seems that everything is ready except the east wind.
Forty-five years ago, 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts landed on the moon for the last time.
Some people would like to ask, the moon landing plan realized by the United States in the 1960s could have started from scratch in 10, but it hasn't landed on the moon for 45 consecutive years. Today's technology is many times more advanced than that of that year.
Why is NASA's plan to return to the moon delayed?
Apollo 1 1 landed on the moon and took some scientific research equipment to Buzz Aldrin.
This question should be understood in this way. First, because the development goals are different.
Apollo program is the product of the Cold War era and the leading project of American national strength during the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union. The starting point is based on political purposes.
Now NASA's plan to return to the moon is based on actual development, with the aim of developing lunar resources and establishing a lunar base.
Therefore, compared with flag planting to enhance national prestige, its complexity is incomparable to Apollo program.
The United States officially announced its return to the moon this time, which means that competing for the moon will be the main goal of the next space race.
Japan previously announced plans to send astronauts to the moon by 2030.
China plans to send astronauts to the moon by 2036,
Russia, India and ESA have all announced manned moon landing plans.
As the first stop for mankind to set foot on another planet, and as the testing ground for mankind to become an interstellar species, the moon will only become more and more important in the future.